Excelsior winners and finalists

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The Excelsior Award was established by the Rockford Register Star in 1979 to honor an organization or institution whose work has a positive effect on life in the Rock River Valley.

About Excelsior
The Excelsior Award was established by the Rockford Register Star in 1979 to honor an organization or institution whose work has a positive effect on life in the Rock River Valley. The winning organization receives a plaque and check for $500.

Excelsior winners and finalists
The Rockford Register Star Excelsior Award debuted in 1979. From 1971 to 1978, organizations and individuals competed together for the Excalibur Award. Although organizations came close on several occasions before 1979, the Excalibur went to an individual every year, prompting the Register Star to create a separate award.

2010
Winner: YWCA
Finalists: CASA; Men Instilling a Safe and Trusting Environment Right (Now); Harlem Community Center; Ken-Rock Community Center